A professor of religion at Columbia University writes, “I do not think human beings are the last stage in the evolutionary process.” Whatever comes next will be neither simply organic nor simply machinic but will be the result of the increasingly symbiotic relationship between human beings and technology. Bound together Read more…
NFTs aren’t gone yet. Disney will launch an ‘all-new socially driven collectible experience’ called Disney Pinnacle later this year, turning characters from Pixar, Star Wars, and its classic animated films into tradable digital pins. While announcing Pinnacle, Disney and its partner Dapper Labs won’t even say the word “NFT.” Dapper Read more…
Microsoft’s stock price plumetted 16% after OpenAI fired CEO Sam Altman — but appears to have immediately recovered most of the drop in after-hours trading. Yet OpenAI’s move also blindsided key investor and minority owner Microsoft, reportedly making CEO Satya Nadella furious. Tech reporter Kara Swisher called the firing a Read more…
Sam Altman has been fired as CEO of OpenAI, the company announced on Friday. Slashdot reader tagous submitted this statement from OpenAI’s board: Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its Read more…
On Wednesday, a collaborative whiteboard app maker called “tldraw” made waves online by releasing a prototype of a feature called “Make it Real” that lets users draw an image of software and bring it to life using AI. The feature uses OpenAI’s GPT-4V API to visually interpret a vector drawing Read more…
The decline of local newspapers accelerated so rapidly in 2023 that analysts now believe the U.S. will have lost one-third of the newspapers it had as of 2005 by the end of next year — rather than in 2025, as originally predicted. There are roughly 6,000 newspapers left in America, Read more…
Ever wanted to add your own annotations to search results you find on Google? With Google’s new “Notes” experiment, launching Wednesday as an opt-in feature through Search Labs, you’ll be able to. If you’ve opted in to Notes, buttons to add and see notes will appear under search results and Read more…